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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1910
Page
18
An old advertisement from 54 Fast Granite Street and East Broadway proclaims custom tailor made suits at $20. A bold claim says no hand me downs, shop offers cash rewards for locating a "store suit" and asserts every suit is made on the bench by a tailor.
Local track event highlighted quick dashes and rising sprinters through a lively matinee meet. Athletes demonstrated speed and technique, drawing praise from coaches and spectators.
Madeline Musgrave, Zoe Young, and Edrona vie in a neck neck finish in the five eighths mile event. Sink Spring edges Moss Back in the three quarter mile race. Big Eldorado set the pace for the first half mile before Moss Back charged late.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports a fire at Helfry destroyed the Montana Wyoming and Southern Railway roundhouse and two engines with cause undetermined. The road, previously running two locomotives for Bear Creek to Bridger service, loses all motive power until a replacement arrives, forcing suspension of the Bridger Wear Creek passenger train.
The Empire theater closes its season with a varied bill. John Coughlin performs daring electricity feats including an exhibition of electrocution at Albany state prison. The Waters and Marvin sing as the songbirds of the South. The Squires Decision is a one act about life in a small New England town. The Boencrofts entertain with a clever sketch. Two slides of moving pictures and an illustrated song draw applause. A complete programme change begins tomorrow evening.
In Libby Libby July 2 Stoup bound over to district court on a grand larceny charge. It is alleged Stoup stole checks belonging to Northern Railway director at Heaford, fled on a train toward the east, but was apprehended and brought to Libby by Deputy Sheriff Haney.
The barkentine Alenwild unloads asphalt from Trinidad at the hart foot of Booth Capital street. Asphalt comes north from lakes at Trinidad in a semi fluid state and hardens, requiring men in the hold with picks to shape it for shore discharge. A Silver Bow National Bank savings department advertises 4 percent interest. Orton Cros at 214-218 Main Street promotes planes and organs.
Catalog copy touts pure silk yardage in colors reseda navy wistaria brown and black. Silks sold seasonally at 1.75 now offered at 1.15 with assorted fancy silks up to 2. Includes taffetas and novelties in navy Alice and shadow stripe patterns.
In a St Paul sale a battered violin drew hazy reminiscences from the crowd as the auctioneer teased with grand tales of Versailles Nero Rome and time worn wear. A red nosed bidder offered thirty cents and the instrument sold amid playful theatrics.
Broken lenses replaced at fixed prices: spherical 50 cents, cylindrical 75 cents, compound 1 dollar. Montana Optical Co. promises adherence to these rates and advertises its services at 22 West Park in Mayer's store as the state’s best optometrist.
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